ML14008A108

Browns Ferry, Units 2, 10 CFR 50 Appendix H Status Update

ML14008A108
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	12/27/2013
From:	Polson K J Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Download: ML14008A108 (2)

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Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Decatur, Alabama 35609-2000 December 27, 201310 CFR 50, Appendix HATTN: Document Control DeskU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Unit 2Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-52NRC Docket No. 50-260

Subject:

10 CFR 50 Appendix H Status Update for Browns Ferry NuclearPlant, Unit 2

Reference:

Letter from EPRI to NRC, "Project No. 704 -BWRVIP-271 NP: BWRVessel and Internals

Project, Testing and Evaluation of the BrownsFerry Unit 2 1200 Capsule,"

dated April 17, 2013On April 17, 2013, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), on behalf of theBoiling Water Reactor Vessel and Internals Project (BWRVIP),

submitted "BWRVIP-271 NP: BWR Vessel and Internals

Project, Testing and Evaluation of theBrowns Ferry Unit 2 1200 Capsule" (Reference),

as required by Title 10 of the Code ofFederal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Appendix H,Section IV B. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has reviewed the test results provided in BWRVIP-271 NP(Reference) and determined that the Pressure-Temperature (P-T) Limits Curvescontained in the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Unit 2, Technical Specifications (TS) Figures 3.4.9-1 and 3.4.9-2 are non-conservative.

Corrective actions are beingmanaged by TVA's corrective action program under Problem Evaluation Report816957.BFN is treating the non-conservative P-T Limits Curves as a degraded condition andhas established compensatory measures to ensure that the BFN, Unit 2, ReactorVessel is maintained within acceptable limits. As part of the BFN, Unit 2, LicenseRenewal Application, TVA committed to submit revised BFN, Unit 2, P-T Limits Curvesprior to the period of extended operation.

As such, WVA will submit a LicenseAmendment Request to revise the BFN, Unit 2, P-T Limits Curves by June 27, 2014.The approval and implementation of the revised P-T Limits Curves will resolve thedegraded condition.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2December 27, 2013This letter does not include any new regulatory commitments.

Please direct anyquestions concerning this matter to Jamie Paul, Nuclear Site Licensing

Manager, at(256) 729-2636.

cc:NRC Regional Administrator-Region IINRC Senior Resident Inspector

-Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant